Harris Wofford

Harris Wofford (9 April 1926-) was a US Senator from Pennsylvania (D) from 8 May 1991 to 3 January 1995, succeeding John Heinz and preceding Rick Santorum.

Biography
Harris Wofford was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York in 1926, and he served in the US Air Force during World War II. He worked as a legal assistant before becoming a professor at the University of Notre Dame, a Civil Rights movement activist, an unofficial advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., and a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy for civil rights. He served as President of Bryn Mawr College from 1970 to 1978, when he joined a law firm. Wofford served as the chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party in 1986, served as Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry from 1987 to 1991, and served as a US Senator from 1991 to 1995, serving out the remainder of the late senator John Heinz's term. He returned to the private sector after leaving the Senate in 1995.